Hinge for awning-blinds



T; O, MEMERY. Hinge for Awning-Blinds.

No. 223,937. Patenfed Jan. 27, 1880.

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TOM O. MEMERY, OF KEY VEST, FLORIDA.

HINGE FOR AWNING-BLINDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,937, dated January 2'7, 1880.

Application filed October 10, 1879. a

To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, TOM 0.. MEMERY, of Key West, in the county of Monroe and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved BlindHinge, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a front elevation, partly in section, of the hinges in position on a blind. Fig. 2 is a side elevation'of the hinges attached to a blind. Fig. 3 is a plan of the upper hinge. Fig. 4 is a plan of the lower hinge.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the upper hinge, which consists in part of the plate (1., represented as fastened to the window-frame B, carrying a pintle, b, on which pintle b is set the ball 0, that has a vertical beveled slot, (1, cut on its perpendicular axis and extending to its top. This ball 0 is held on the pintle b by a thiinble of nut, f. that is screwed on the top of the said pintle b.

The other part of the hinge A consists of a plate, 9, represented as fastened to the blind O, that carries a pintle, h, that is furnished with a conical head, it, that engages in the slot 61, and is prevented from becoming disengaged by the nut or thimble f.

The lower hinge, l), is composed of the vertical plate m, that is shown fastened to the window-frame B, and from said platem another plate, n, having a hole, 0, projects at right angles. The hinge D is further composed of the plate 19, represented as fastened to the blind 0, that carries a bent arm or pintle, g, which fits intothe hole 0 of plate a.

When the hinges are in the position shown in Fig. 1 the blind O hangs perpendicularly, and may be opened and closed in theusual manner, the ball 0 revolving on the pintle b, and the pintle q vturning in the plate a.

To use the blind O as an awning it is only necessary to raise the said blind so that the pintle q will become disengaged from the hole 0 of the plate a. The blind C may then be lowered so that it is suspended only by the hinge A, and then the lower end of the said 

